MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Two teenagers were killed, and two others were seriously injured in a single-car Manatee County crash early Saturday morning, authorities said.
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, a 19-year-old Ellenton male was driving a Dodge Charger at a high rate of speed southbound on Silverleaf Avenue, near U.S. Highway 301 at about 2:15 a.m.
The Charger then traveled off the roadway and hit several trees, troopers said.
The driver and one passenger, a 19-year-old male from Parrish, were killed.
Two other passengers, a 17-year-old male from Parrish and a 16-year-old female from New York, were listed in critical and serious condition, respectively.
Only the female was wearing a seat belt, the report stated.
The crash is still under investigation.
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